2.6 Processes, Shells, and Shell Script Flashcards
1
Q
Under process commands, what does ‘ps’ mean?
A
Process status
2
Q
What does ps do
A
Utility for viewing information concerning a selection of running processes on a system
it reads information from the virtual files in /proc file system
3
Q
under process commands, what does kill mean?
A
a built-in command which is used to terminate processes manually
4
Q
What does csh and bash mean?
A
C Shell
Bourne Again Shell
5
Q
Unix systems uses these kinds of shell”
A
C shell or the TC Shell
6
Q
Linux uses what shell?
A
Bash
7
Q
What are the common use-case for aliases?
A
Used to substitute a command for another
Commonly used to map longer commands to shorter key sequences.
